hiztegi
Appearance
Basque
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From hitz (“word”) + -tegi (“place of”), with regular reduction of affricate to fricative.
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Noun
[edit]hiztegi inan
- dictionary
- lexicon (the vocabulary of a language)
- lexicon (the vocabulary used by an individual)
Declension
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- hiztegi entziklopediko (“encyclopedic dictionary”)
- hiztegigile (“lexicographer”)
- hiztegigintza (“lexicography”)
- hiztegilari (“lexicographer”)
Further reading
[edit]- “hiztegi”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
- “hiztegi”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005